How to Manage Your Content on Photobucket

File and Album accumulation can easily lead to disorganization within your Photobucket account. Spend a few extra minutes getting organized by working with sub-albums within albums and file storage. Caution should be exercised, however, as many of the changes affect content previously stored another way on Photobucket.

Things You'll Need

• Computer with Internet access
• Previously uploaded files or albums within Photobucket
• Valid Photobucket account which includes your username and password

Instructions

Manage Your Albums

1. Visit the Photobucket home page (see Resources below). Log in to your account using your username and password information. This brings you directly into your account's main page.

2. Name a sub-album in the text field next to 'Create a New Sub-Album.' This creates an album within an album. Click the 'Create' button.

3. Wait for confirmation. Once the screen displays 'Album Added,' you are free to view the sub-album any time you wish.

4. Delete a sub-album on Photobucket. From the main page of your account, click the radio button next to the sub-album you wish to delete. Click the 'Delete Selected Album' button. 'Album Deleted' will appear next.

5. Re-name your sub-albums. Again, from the main page of your account, select the radio button next to the desired sub-album and mark it for re-naming by clicking the 'Re-name Selected Album' button.

6. Change the name in the provided text field and click 'Re-name.' A message appears confirming 'Album Re-named.' The new name now displays.

Manage Your Files

1. Move files. From the main page of your account, locate the image or video you wish to move to another album. Click the 'Move' link.

2. Choose the album into which you want to move your file. A drop-down box appears listing the choices. Click 'Move' and wait for the message 'Files Moved' to appear before proceeding further.

3. Make backup files before deleting images. Since Photobucket can't retrieve deleted images, you should make an extra copy and save it elsewhere in case you change your mind later.

4. Manage unwanted files. From your account's main page, a 'Delete' link appears for each thumbnail image. Click it and an alert appears warning you about deletion. Click 'OK' to proceed. 'File Deleted' confirms the action.

Tips & Warnings

• Special characters are not accepted when naming albums or sub-albums.

• Keep your content managed well from the start to ensure a smooth Photobucket experience.

• Moving and deleting multiple files can also be done, but the process is slightly more involved. Visit the 'Help' link on the homepage for tutorial assistance.

• You may see a message that says 'Please Delete Everything From that Album First' when deleting sub-albums. This requires you to delete all of the corresponding files or move them elsewhere before deletion can occur.

• Re-naming sub-albums causes image link breakage to albums that were previously linked.

• Moving files also breaks links. Forums, message boards and emails are directly affected when files are moved.

• Be careful when posting links to your content on the forums. Remember that all users may click your links--you don't want to lead them to private images or information.